The grass around Canterbury Cathedral on the morning of June 1 was white with the ashes of burned-out incendiary bombs, the nave was carpeted with stone dust and shattered glass, the cloisters and quadrangle were a mess of rubble. But the main structure was still virtually intact. These facts were revealed last week when the British censor belatedly admitted that Nazi dive-bombers savagely attacked the cathedral "in reprisal for Cologne."
In part the cathedral was saved by firemen who stood on the roof during more than an hour of terrific blitz and...
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